Who won a 1999 Oscar playing a role Kate Winslet turned down?

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Who won a 1999 Oscar playing a role Kate Winslet turned down?

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Last updated Oct 29 2016.

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After the swell of unexpected attention surrounding Titanic (1997), Winslet was eager to retreat into independent projects. Rumor has it that she turned down the lead roles in both Shakespeare in Love (1998) and Anna and the King (1999) in order to play adventurous soul searchers in Hideous Kinky (1998) and Holy Smoke (1999).

Turned down the Gwyneth Paltrow role in Shakespeare in Love (1998) and the Jodie Foster role in Anna and the King (1999).

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Mar 02 2007, 9:14 AM

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The year was actually 1998 and the actress was Gwyneth Paltrow for the movie Shakespeare in Love.

Mar 02 2007, 5:45 AM

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zbeckabee says:

Kate Winslet turned down the role of Viola after the success of Titanic (1997). She went on to film Jane Campion's Holy Smoke (1999) instead.

Gwyneth Paltrow went on to win BEST ACTRESS for that role.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0138097/trivia

Mar 02 07, 11:37 AM

[Moved from #76633, Posted on Mar 02 07 by lask - Duplicate - McG]